[LivinLOS]

OK.. But simple methods that radically change the ballgame are to just open a company in a jurisdiction that has non disclosure of beneficial owners, shareholders and directors AND no tax liability on money made by the company outside of its home country.. Seychelles, BVI's, etc are all cheap to incorporate and annually file nil returns.

Then the company gets bank accounts held in a safe offshore location.. For any EU residents its now advisable to get outside of the states that are declaring back to the EU 'on request'.. So IoM and channel Isl are less appealing than they were. So now you have a first world bank, usually savings deposit and net banking, a corp credit card, and they are all owned by a company that it is impossible to find the owner of.

My experience was that the swiss banks present the worst deals, on interest given, on the nickel and dime charges, on the net banking (tho this was a good few years back) and I presume this was because the 'swiss banking' image attracted the custom base. What they did have that I have not seen elsewhere was numbered accounts (so not even names involved) and a supreme level of old world banking charm. Being greeted by a grey haired gent who knows your name but wont utter it, and taken through marble foyers to hidden waiting rooms and down to impressive subterranienian vaults is exactly the kind of experience the elite dirty money wants to feel. I dont have enough to need that kind of service (or costs) and am just a high street but offshore, little fish, kinda guy.